The Irish standard., 1887-03-05

ened when we recall the homes of some
OF our departed statesmen. ''Monti
cello" 1.-The Hermitage y 'Deerheld7
and 'SGraystone" are dear to every
Democratic heart. (Cheers and ap-
plause.) The names and deeds Of these
distinguished leaders, about whose
hearthstoHes are entwlned The laurel
aud ivy Of lasting remembrance. need
no costly monument or glowing eulogy
| to perpetuate their fame. Tue history
Of their lives and actions will be read
as long and as widely as though we 10
Coud write their names on every sta, thag
| shines; # .4,!'
! Engrnve their story On the living sky.
10 be forever read by every eye. lapplause.,
| Under the nag of the Union to-day
hoats the flag Of Democracy. and shall
still ioat for years to come if we bold
fast to those principles which kept life
within us as a party when scarcely q
single State owned our sway. as
WHY STATE is NOT REAPPoRTEONED.
Fer the past five years the Democracy
have carried the State at each annual
election, our 1oajorities varying from
1 100 to 1917, 900. (Cheers and long con-
tinued applause.) That, upon a full
and faic vote, with DO false or nislead-
ing issues in the canvass. New Z ork is
Democratic must be conceded by every
intelligent political observer. Zap
plause.) Yetour opponents are able to
keep control Of the Legislature by re-
fusing to- make q reapportionme,lt re
quired by the Constitution. lApplause.
They maintain their power not by supe
rior political wisdom, not because OF
better legislation. not by honorable po-
litical methods, but by a shameless dis
regard of sacred constitutional obliga.
tions. (Appinase.}
We have not forgotten the crime Of
s76-[hoots and long continued ap-
plause} when the Democratic candI-
date for tie Presidency, although he
had concededly received a majority Of
the popular vote Of the country, was
defrauded of his Office by the crimes OF
Republican returning boards iii three
States Of the Union. (Applause.) BY
means OF fraudulent counting, forged
certificates and falsifed returns, backed
| by 2 wicked use Of power Oh the part OF
the General Government, the electoral
votes of three States were deliberately
and virtually stolen from their lightfui
possessor. But that WIS not all. Every
warded with an Office BY the receiver Of
the stolen goods, who, although nomi-
nalIy at the head Of this great Govern
ment for four years, has already sunk
into oblivion, and will go down
To The vile earth from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonorcd and unsuug.
Cheers and wild enthusiasm. a voice:
IAN old chickeD-raiseE is Hayes!")
The name Of Samuel j. 1ilden--(ap-
plause)-wiil live respected ana illus
trious in the country's history, while
the names Of the creatures Who
wronged him will be lost and forgotten
forever, {Hisses.J Such was his love
for his countrYmen, that to Mr. Tilden
belongs the distinguished honor of hav-
ing made Tor public purposes The largest
private bequest ever known in the his
tory Of the country. if not the world.
(SsBravo." e. Voice: "Three cheers aud
tiger for Samuel j. Tilden!'') Child
less though he was, yet, true to his
Democratic Instincts, he made the peo-
pie his heirs. (Applause.)
THE PARTY's GLORIOUS HISTORY.
But, aside from answering this sug-
gestion, permit me to deny most en-
phatically the statement that 'spatriot-
ism and great deeds'' are not to be
found ''in the history of the Democra-
tic party" (Applause.) On the con-
trary, assert that they can hardly be
found anywhere else. The history Of
the Democratic party is the history of
the country itself. Its every page is
emblazoned with the achievements Of
Democratic statesmen and proclaims
the glory of it's Democratic soldiers,
who peril]ed their lives in their coun-
try's battles. 1t was the Democratic
party that had almost the uninUer-
rupted control OF this Government from
it's organization down to 1861. Under
it's wise and benehcent administration
the country had twice trebled in pepu-
latlon, more than quadrupled in wealth
and enjoyed a prosperity unexampled
in the worlds history. Twenty new
States were admitte ed into the Union,
and so twenty new stars were added to
the national flag. The commerce OF the
world seemed to be fast coming under
American control and our American
ships hoated in every sea. The plain
truth is that the Democratic party con-
tributed as much, if not more, than
any other agency to the honor, the
glory Of the whole country. lsa}S'.a
Every important acquisition Of its
territory has been made by Democratic
administrati ions. Over three millions